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Sumire Yoshizawa
Persona character
Yoshizawa in her Phantom Thief outfit
First appearancePersona 5 Royal (2019)
Designed byShigenori Soejima
Voiced byEN: Laura Post
JA: Sora Amamiya
In-universe information
Full nameSumire Yoshizawa
芳澤 すみれ
AliasKasumi Yoshizawa
芳澤 かすみ
NicknameViolet
ヴァイオレット
AffiliationPhantom Thieves of Hearts
RelativesKasumi Yoshizawa (芳澤 かすみ) (sister, deceased)
Shinichi Yoshizawa (芳澤 伸一) (father)
NationalityJapanese
The native form of this personal name is Yoshizawa Sumire or Yoshizawa Kasumi. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Sumire Yoshizawa (芳澤 すみれ, Yoshizawa Sumire), who uses the code name Violet (ヴァイオレット, Vaioretto)[1], is a fictional character in the Persona series, first appearing in Persona 5 Royal, an enhanced version of Persona 5. Prior to the third semester, a part of the game only available in Persona 5 Royal, Sumire is referred to as Kasumi Yoshizawa (芳澤 かすみ, Yoshizawa Kasumi), the name of her deceased older sister. Yoshizawa is a rhythmic gymnast, just like her sister. Besides her appearance in Persona 5 Royal, Yoshizawa also appears in the manga adaptation of Persona 5 and the game Persona 5 Tactica as downloadable content.[2] Yoshizawa is voiced by Laura Post in English and Sora Amamiya in Japanese.[3][4]

Development

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Yoshizawa, like most characters in Persona 5, was designed by Shigenori Soejima.[5] Throughout the game, Yoshizawa has a total of three Personas: Cendrillon, Vanadis, and Ella.[6] In an interview with GameSpot, Soejima described the development of Yoshizawa as a character[7]:

Japanese: 霞をデザインするときに、1番最初に新体操のキャラクターで新しく登場するヒロインってなったときに、デザインをするときに。何かとっかかりになるものが必ずある。でも、自分でもちょっとしたウェブサイトで見かけたようにネット見かけるけれど。カスミデザインするときに行こうと思ったのは、ヘアスタイルの何か解説をしていて、ポニーテールの結び方の写真だったんですね。を見たときにですね。いいなと思って見えない写真だったんですけれども、霞の顔が付いている感じの想像力が膨らんだんですね。

[To start with, when I was designing Kasumi, there were some twists and turns. As a rhythmic gymnast, she's a new kind of heroine. When I design characters, there's always a jumping-off point. It can be anything, like a past memory I have or an image on the Internet I've seen. When designing Kasumi, the jumping-off point for her design was a picture that explained how to create a ponytail. It was a shot from the back of the head. When I looked at that picture, I thought it was really cute. I couldn't see a face, but it triggered my imagination for how Kasumi's face would be.]

— Shigenori Soejima, GameSpot

The website for Persona 5 describes Yoshizawa as a "beautiful girl who enrolled at Shujin Academy in the spring of the same year as the protagonist transferred in."[8] It also states she "achieved excellent results as a rhythmic gymnast since middle school."

Appearances

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In Persona 5 Royal

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Sumire Yoshizawa, introduced to Joker as Kasumi, represents the Faith Arcana.[9] At first, unlike all other social links in the game, Yoshizawa has only five ranks, but after the beginning of the third semester, it expands to ten.[10][11] In Persona 5 Royal, the focus of Yoshizawa's social link is originally her and gymnastics. In game, on October 3, after finishing third-place in a competition, Yoshizawa becomes at risk of losing her honor student status.[12] After this, Yoshizawa, accompanied by Joker and Morgana, accidentally enter the Metaverse, the place where Joker and the Phantom Thieves are able to "change the hearts" of people.[13]

Near the beginning of the third semester of Persona 5 Royal, it is revealed that Kasumi is not the real name of Yoshizawa, but rather the name of her deceased sister, and that Yoshizawa's real name is Sumire. Kasumi died due to Kasumi chasing Sumire running into a busy street. Due to the extreme guilt and trauma Sumire received from the incident, she received therapy from Dr. Takuto Maruki, Shujin Academy's therapist.[14] Maruki uses cognitive intervention and psychology on Sumire to make her believe she is Kasumi. In the third semester, she comes to accept that she is Sumire and that Kasumi is dead.[15]

In other media

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Yoshizawa, as well as Goro Akechi, appear in Persona 5 Tactica as downloadable content.

Yoshizawa appears in the manga adaptation of Persona 5.[16]

Reception

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Much of the reception around Yoshizawa and her story has been positive[17], with Polygon's Laura Date stating that Persona 5 Royal's additions, including Yoshizawa, made her want to "replay a game that is likely to take [a player] over 100 hours to complete."[18]

References

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  1. ^ ペルソナ5ロイヤル攻略班 (2023-07-11). "【ペルソナ5ロイヤル】芳澤かすみのおすすめスキルと加入時期【ペルソナ5Switch】｜ゲームエイト". Game8（ゲームエイト）- 日本最大級のゲーム攻略wikiサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Tu, Trumann (2023-08-04). "Persona 5 Tactica Confirms Two Fan Favorite Phantom Thieves For Its DLC". Game Rant. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  3. ^ Post, Laura [@LauraPostVoice] (2019-06-10). "I woke up to the announcement and I cannot express in words how excited I am to be playing Kasumi in Persona 5 The Royal" (Tweet). Retrieved November 12, 2024 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "キャラクター - 芳澤 かすみ; P5R - ペルソナ5 ザ・ロイヤル". Atlus. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  5. ^ James, Thomas (March 6, 2015). "Japanese Persona Magazine interviews Atlus staff on Persona 5, Dancing All Night [Update]". Gematsu. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "【P5R序論】ロイヤルの話1【第１０回】｜k5". note（ノート） (in Japanese). 2023-02-19. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  7. ^ "Audio Logs: How Persona 5 Royal's New Character Was Made". GameSpot. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  8. ^ "P5R - ペルソナ５ ザ・ロイヤル". P5R - ペルソナ５ ザ・ロイヤル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  9. ^ profile (2024-10-03). "【ペルソナ5R】芳澤すみれ（信念）のコープ攻略｜ネタバレ注意". 神ゲー攻略 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  10. ^ "So... is there a reason why the Faith Arcana is only 5 Ranks? - Persona 5 Royal". gamefaqs.gamespot.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  11. ^ Leeds, Joshua (2022-10-21). "Persona 5 Royal: Kasumi's Reveal, Explained". DualShockers. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  12. ^ Lada, Jenni (2020-04-06). "Persona 5 Royal's Kasumi Is Incredibly Relatable". Siliconera. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  13. ^ Liu, Stephanie (2024-08-14). "Kasumi Deserved Better in Persona 5 Royal". Siliconera. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  14. ^ "芳澤かすみ（ペルソナ5）の徹底解説・考察まとめ (4/7)". RENOTE [リノート] (in Japanese). 2023-02-19. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  15. ^ Arche-Lightning (2024-06-15). "【P5R】アラフォーおじさんのP5R攻略#16 芳澤すみれが正式加入！仲間のペルソナも第3進化を果たしていく！特性や習得スキルについても紹介（ネタバレあり）【ペルソナ5 ザ・ロイヤル】". アラフォーおじさんのゲーム備忘録 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  16. ^ "VIZ: The Official Website for Persona 5". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  17. ^ Cryer, Hirun (2020-02-17). "Three Major Differences That Make Persona 5 Royal a 100 Hour RPG Worth Replaying". VG247. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  18. ^ Dale, Laura (2020-03-30). "Persona 5 Royal review: A great game gets an even better second draft". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
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